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Appalachian High Country is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located mainly in North Carolina with sections in Tennessee and Virginia.The approximately 2,400 square miles (1,536,000 acres) viticultural area encompasses all or portions of the following counties: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, and Watauga Counties in North Carolina; Carter County and Johnson Counties in Tennessee; and ...
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
The winery's early experimentation with grape varieties led to the conclusion that the humid weather of the Virginia Piedmont region favored grapes with thick skins and loose grape clusters. As a result of this conclusion, Horton has concentrated on varietals from the Rhône River valley in France and, in particular, on Viognier .
You can grab a tasting or a bottle and enjoy the Virginia wine country vistas from the tasting room, outdoor area, and year-round glass pavilion. aftonmountainvineyards.com , 234 Vineyard Lane ...
Altillo Vineyards and Winery Hurt: Pittsylvania [9] [a] American Way Country Wines 1979 Chase City: Mecklenburg [10] Ankida Ridge Vineyards 2010 Amherst: Amherst [11] Arterra Wines 2015 Delaplane: Fauquier [12] Aspen Dale Winery at the Barn 2009 Delaplane: Fauquier [13] Ashton Creek Vineyard 2016 Chester: Chesterfield [14] Bacchus Winery ...
In the early 1900s, Charlottesville's Monticello Wine Company and its Virginia Claret Wine were so well-regarded that the city declared itself to be "the Capital of the Wine Belt in Virginia." [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Grape production increased until 1925 at which time there was a major reduction in vine and wine production throughout Virginia coupled ...
Ingleside Vineyards is a winery located in the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA, an American Viticultural Area located in the Northern Neck region of Virginia. Ingleside is one of the oldest and largest wineries in the state, established in 1980, and part of an estate of over 3,000 acres (12 km 2) owned by the Flemer family since ...
The Middleburg Virginia AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the northern Piedmont region of Virginia, 50 miles (80 km) west of Washington, D.C. It is named for the town of Middleburg, Virginia and is bounded by the Potomac River to the north and by mountains in other directions. [5] [6] The hardiness zone of the AVA is 7a.